My Picks - Dove Awards 2008
I managed to get home last night in time for some Dove Award performances. I wish I could have been there.
If it were down to me, out of the nominees:
- John Foreman would have won Vocalist of the Year.
- Rush of Fools might just have snatched Pop Album of the Year.
- Oh! Gravity would have got best Rock Album of the Year.
- All Of The Above would have got best Worship Album of the Year.
- Everlasting God would have got best Worship Song of the Year.
(official winners list from www.doveawards.com follows below)
- Song of the Year
“East to West”; Mark Hall, Bernie Herms; My Refuge Music (BMI), Club Zoo Music (BMI), SWECS Music (BMI), Word Music LLC (ASCAP), Banahana Tunes (ASCAP) - Songwriter of the Year
Cindy Morgan - Male Vocalist of the Year
Chris Tomlin - Female Vocalist of the Year
Natalie Grant - Artist of the Year
tobyMac - Group of the Year
Casting Crowns - Producer of the Year
Ian Eskelin - New Artist of the Year
Brandon Heath - Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
“Everything Glorious”; Remedy; David Crowder*Band; David Crowder*Band; Sparrow Records, sixstepsrecords - Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year
“Name Droppin’”; Bone-Appetit Servin” Up Tha Hits; T-Bone; Rene F. Sotomayor, Teak Underdue, Dee Underdue; Flicker Records - Inspirational Recorded Song of the Year
“By His Wounds”; Glory Revealed; Steven Curtis Chapman, Mark Hall, Brian Littrell, Mac Powell; Davis Nasser, Mac Powell; Reunion Records - Rock Recorded Song of the Year
“Comatose”; Comatose; Skillet; John L. Cooper, Brian Howes; Ardent Records, Atlantic, Lava, SRE Recordings - Southern Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“Get Away, Jordan”; Get Away, Jordan; Ernie Haase & Signature Sound; Traditional; Gaither Music Group - Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year
“East To West”; The Altar and the Door; Casting Crowns; Mark Hall, Bernie Herms; Beach Street Records, Reunion Records - Country Recorded Song of the Year
“How You Live (Turn Up The Music)”; How You Live; Point Of Grace; Cindy Morgan; Word Records - Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year
“He’s In Control”; Austins Bridge; Austins Bridge; Justin Rivers, Mike Kofahl, John Ramsey; Daywind Records - Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“Ready For A Miracle”; Evan Almighty Soundtrack; LeAnn Rimes; Bunny Hull, Art Reynolds; Curb Records - Urban Recorded Song of the Year
“Listen”; T57; Trin-I-Tee 5:7; Chanelle Haynes, Adrian Anderson, Walter W. Millsap III, Angel Helaire, Candice Nelson, Lamar Van-Sciver, Charles Griffin III, Ryan Farish, Frank Greenfield, Tony Jones; Music World Entertainment - Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year
Group 1 Crew; Group 1 Crew; Christopher Stevens, Andy Anderson; Fervent Records
Redemption; Grits; Mario “Rio” Moore, Grits; Gotee Records - Contemporary Gospel Recorded Song of the Year
“Say So”; A Deeper Level; Israel & New Breed; Michael Gungor, Israel Houghton; Integrity Music - Rock Album of the Year
Scars Remain; Disciple; Travis Wyrick; SRE Recordings - Worship Song of the Year
“How Great Is Our God”; Chris Tomlin, Jesse Reeves, Ed Cash; worshiptogether.com Songs, sixsteps Music, Alletrop Music - Pop/Contemporary Album of the Year
The Altar and the Door; Casting Crowns; Mark A. Miller; Beachstreet Records, Reunion Records - Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year
Portable Sounds; tobyMac; Toby McKeehan, Christopher Stevens, David Wyatt; Forefront Records - Inspirational Album of the Year
I Love To Tell The Story, A Hymns Collection; Mark Lowry; Paul Johnson; Gaither Music Group - Worship Album of the Year
Remedy; David Crowder*Band - Urban Album of the Year
T57; Trin-I-Tee 5:7; The Bama Boyz, Matthew Knowles, Solange Knowles,Walter W. Millsap III, DJ Static; Music World Entertainment - Bluegrass Album of the Year
Salt of the Earth; Ricky Skaggs & The Whites; Ricky Skaggs & The Whites; Skaggs Family Records - Country Album of the Year
Big Sky; The Isaacs; Mark Bright; Gaither Music Group - Traditional Gospel Album of the Year
Past and Present; Lillie Knauls; Wayne Haun, Lillie Knauls; Vine Records - Contemporary Gospel Album of the Year
A Deeper Level; Israel & New Breed; Israel Houghton, Aaron Lindsey; Integrity Music - Youth/Children’s Musical of the Year
“Praise Rocks”; Brentwood Kids Club Music - Children’s Music Album of the Year
VeggieTales Christian Hit Music; VeggieTales; Christopher Davis; Big Idea Records - Christmas Album of the Year
It’s a Wonderful Christmas; Michael W. Smith; David Hamilton, Michael W. Smith; Reunion Records - Long Form Music Video of the Year
Live From Hawaii; Audio Adrenaline; Mark McCallie; Audio Adrenaline; Audio Adrenaline; Forefront Records - Short Form Music Video of the Year
“Boomin’”; tobyMac; Scott Speer; Jason Peterson; Symbolic Entertainment; Forefront Records - Recorded Music Packaging of the Year
Remedy (David Crowder*Band); Gary Dorsey; Gary Dorsey; Gary Dorsey, Kaysie Dorsey; Sparrow Records, sixstepsrecords
April 24th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
i tend to agree with you mostly on these things.
but…you really think rush of fools is that good?
i heard some live stuff of them…..
April 25th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Hi Tyler… I’m not sure, which is why I say they just might have snatched it. I have the Altar and the Door album and it has a couple of cracking songs on it like East To West, Every Man, All Because Of Jesus, and Prayer For A Friend.
You know, I’m going to scrap that first line above, because I haven’t really listened to the Rush Of Fools album all that much either.
What’s the story behind All Because Of Jesus? Who wrote it? How come Fee is also singing it?
April 25th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
steve fee wrote it. casting crowns covered it on their album. such an awesome song.
rush of fools is just ok to me…there are a lot of bands out there like them, they just had one song that hit the radio and did well.